Farragut came into Friday night looking for revenge from last year’s monsoon game where Hardin Valley won 33-6. The Hawks were coming in off their first win of the season against Jeff. County, while the Ads were riding a 2 game win streak.
Hardin Valley won the toss and elected to defer to the second half, meaning the Admirals would begin the game with the ball. Farragut’s offense wasted no time finding its stride, as a 54 yard Dawson Moore to Matt White touchdown gave the Admirals a 7-0 lead just 1:31 into the 1st quarter. The Hawks took over at their own 20 after a Reese Keeney touchback. The Admiral defense was ready for the test, forcing a punt that would give be ball back to the offense at their own 32. The Admiral offense picked up right where it left off, taking 5 plays this time to get into the endzone after a 67 yard Dawson Moore to Trace Corum touchdown pass. That score extended the Admiral lead to 14-0 with 6:35 left in the 1st. Following another Reese Keeney touchback, Hardin Valley took over at the 20 looking for points. The drive looked promising for the Hawks, driving down to the Admiral 24, but a Logan Foody interception ended the drive.
With the ball back and a new quarter, a 38-yard Sam Moses run followed by a 22-yard Matt White completion culminated in a 1-yard Eli Purcell touchdown run. The Admirals led Hardin Valley 21-0 with 10:04 left in the 2nd. On their next drive, the Hardin Valley offense was unable to overcome a minus 9-yard tackle by Corey Walker that forced a 3-and-out. A 37-yard Matt White punt return gave the Admirals the ball back at the Hawk 8 yard line. A holding penalty on first down lead to the Admirals being backed up to the 17-yard line. 
A Dawson Moore 5 yard keep was followed by another Moore run that went 12 yards to the endzone for a touchdown. Farragut’s lead was 28-0 with 7:39 left in the 2nd. The Hawks took over at their own 20 looking for points. The Hawks converted on 4th down with a 36-yard completion, but the Admirals defense held strong after an intentional grounding and forced a Hardin Valley punt. With 3:52 left before the half, the Admiral offense looked for points with the ball at their own 20. An eleven play drive ensued and was capped off with Dawson Moore finding Hank DeVault in the endzone from 17-yard outs for DeVault’s first varsity touchdown. The touchdown gave the Admirals a 35-0 lead over Hardin Valley at the half.
Armed with a running clock to being the second half, Farragut was set to kick-off to the Hawks. On the first play of the Hawk drive, Mason Collins came up with an interception that gave the ball back to Farragut. The Admiral drive would follow suit, as an interception ended the drive on 4th down. The Hawks took over at the Admirals 32-yard line looking to get on the scoreboard. An incompletion on 1st down was followed by a Mason Collins 1-yard tackle for loss on a screen attempt, but two plays later a 34-yard completion on fourth set up a 4 yard Hawk touchdown run that cut the Admiral lead to 35-7 at the end of the 3rd.
The Farragut offense got the ball back at their own 25 looking to reinitiate a running clock. An 18-play drive would ensue that saw just two pass attempts, both were completed, but it was the 16 run plays that covered 63 yards and ended the drive with a 1 yard Dion Williams touchdown run. The touchdown extended the Admiral lead to 35 again, at 42-7, with 8:32 to play. The following Hardin Valley drive would again be ended with an interception, the third of the night for the Admirals, as this time it was Griffin Mashburn coming up with the interception. For the second time of the night the Admirals would follow a defensive interception with one of their own on offense. The Hawk interception proved to be too little, too late as they were able to get two plays off before the final horn sounded.
The Admirals improved to 6-3 on the season and 4-1 in Region 1-6A play after the 42-7 win over Hardin Valley. Farragut will travel next week to Jefferson County to take on the Patriots in the final regular-season contest to 2020. Tickets for the Farragut Admirals football game at Jefferson County will go on sale in the Main Office at Farragut High School starting at 9:00 am Monday and are $7 each.
A special thanks to Carlos Reveiz and Ashley Wathen of CRFOTO for the action shots from the game. Be sure to check out CRFOTO.com every week for a full photo gallery from Friday’s game. See a photo you like? They are also available for purchase directly from his website. Click here for this week’s photos.
Another thanks to Caitie McMekin and the Knoxville News Sentinel for photos from Friday night’s game. Click here for those photos.